§ 56. Mr. Langford-Holtasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the national income has been spent by the Central Government of the United Kingdom during each of the last five years.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe percentages are as follows:
1951 … … … … 31.9 1952 … … … … 31.6 1953 … … … … 30.6 1954 … … … … 28.1 1955 … … … … 27.3 Central Government expenditure includes current and capital expenditure on goods and services and all subsidies, grants, interest payments and other transfers to local authorities, the National Insurance Funds and other sections of the community; it excludes expenditure by the National Insurance Funds. The figures are expressed as percentages of the gross national product, and are defined as in National Income and Expenditure, 1956.
§ 57. Mr. Langford-Holtasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the national income has been spent by local authorities in the United Kingdom during each of the last five years.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe percentages are as follows:
1951 … … … … … 9.6 1952 … … … … … 10.0 1953 … … … … … 10.2 1954 … … … … … 9.9 1955 … … … … … 9.6 Part of this expenditure is financed by grants from the Central Government, and was therefore included in the figures of Central Government expenditure stated in my reply to Question No. 56. Excluding such expenditure, the percentages are:
1951 … … … … … 6.9 1952 … … … … … 7.2 1953 … … … … … 7.4 1954 … … … … … 7.1 1955 … … … … … 6.7 In this reply, expenditure of local authorities includes current and capital expenditure on goods and services, and all subsidies, grants, interest payments and other transfers. The figures are expressed as percentages of the gross national product and are defined as in National Income and Expenditure, 1956.